Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Mosaic
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Gayle Lynds
Class/Genre: Mystery Political Intrigue Woman Main Character
Pocket, Dec 1998, $24.00, 482 pp.
It has been a decade since concert pianist Julia Austrian lost her sight due to a traumatic event that psychologically caused her brain to perceive the need to shut down her visionary sense. Miraculously, Julia recovers her sight while performing. However, she nightmarishly observes the murder of her mother, Marguerite in a drive-by killing. The killer must have figured that a blind Julia could not identify anyone, thus she was allowed to live. Julia loses her sight again.
Apparently, Julia's tainted heritage has been recorded by her father. The family money comes from stolen nazi booty. With her uncle running for president, his enemies want to use that tape to blackmail the family. Julia's only hope of survival rest with CIA agent Sam Keeline, an individual, struggling with personal demons and corrupt superiors.
MOSAIC is an entertaining tale that tries to push too many of the reader's sympathy buttons to be taken with any grain of seriousness. The story line is filled with non-stop action and the seemingly unrelated subplots brilliantly tie together into a taut political thriller. Unlike Gayle Lynds' previous novel, MASQUERADE, this time the lead protagonists lose reader empathy early on and many fans will ultimately root for the corrupt political system to win over the daring duo. Still, an exciting political thriller and fans will take pleasure in reading it
Harriet Klausner
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